Metapterodon

Metapterodon; Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyaenodonta
Family:	Hyainailouridae
Subfamily:	Koholiinae
Genus:	Metapterodon; Stromer, 1926
Species
	M. kaiseri Stromer, 1926 (type); M. stromeri Morales, Pickford, and Soria, 1998;

Metapterodon is an extinct genus of hyaenodont mammal of the family Hyainailouridae that lived in Africa during the Early Miocene.[1] Fossils of Metapterodon were recovered from the Elisabeth Bay Formation, Namibia and Rusinga Island and Karungu, Kenya.[2]

Taxonomy

The Paleogene species Metapterodon schlosseri and M. markgrafi have been reassigned to Falcatodon and Sectisodon respectively, rendering Metapterodon an exclusively early Miocene genus.[3]

References

J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 1998. A new creodont Metapterodon stromeri nov. sp. (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Langental (Sperrgebiet, Namibia). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327(9):633-638.
Metapterodon at Fossilworks.org
Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2017). "New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)". Fossil Imprint. 73 (3–4): 332–359. doi:10.1515/if-2017-0019.

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[1] J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 1998. A new creodont Metapterodon stromeri nov. sp. (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Langental (Sperrgebiet, Namibia). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 327(9):633-638.

[2] Metapterodon at Fossilworks.org

[3] Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2017). "New hyaenodonts (Ferae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Napak (Uganda), Koru (Kenya) and Grillental (Namibia)". Fossil Imprint. 73 (3–4): 332–359. doi:10.1515/if-2017-0019.